Rotary striping wheel paint striper and adapter for use with collapsible paint tube containers and the like



Jan. 15, 1952 w. COOMBS 2,582,861

ROTARY STRIPING WHEEL PAINT STRIPER AND ADAPTER FOR USE WITH COLLAPSIBLE PAINT TUBE CONTAINERS AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 4, 1948 Patented Jan.15,1952 .1 w 2,582,861

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAINT TUBE CONTAINERS AND THE Leslie W. Coombs, deceased, late of Chicago, Ill.,

by .American National Bank and Trust Company ofChicago, administrator, Chicago, Ill.

Application 'August 4, 1943,1seria1No. 42,393

sclaims. (c1. 154131.05) 2 l invention relates to a paint striper. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of an adapter which is v The present invention is an improvement 'upon embodied in the new paint striper; and Ithe paint striper disclosed in United States Let- Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of `the adapter ters PatentNo. 2,122,858 granted July 5, 1938, t'oi' which is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 6. I the applicants intestate, Leslie W. Coombs, de- The new paint striper is generally indicated at ceased, on a` Paint striper.A I0 in the drawing and includes a striper wheel- It is an object of thislinvention to provide an bearing unit or head II and a collapsible conimproved paint striper which is relatively simple tainer or tube I2 which is adapted to rcontain and inexpensive in construction and eiiicient in" paint, lacquer, oil, or other suitable surfaceuse and which is an improvement upon the paint coating and surface-striping material. striper disclosed in the aforesaid Letters Patent The striper wheel-bearing unit or head II in- No. 2,122,858. f cludes a combination clamping and coupling An additional object of the present invention member I3 and a pair of complementary striping is to4 adapt a paint striper of the character dis; wheel-holding jaws I4 each of which is provided closed and claimed in the aforesaid United States on its inner surface with an axially extending Letters Patent No. 2,122,858 to enable such a pain'tf` bore or groove I5. These two grooves I5 coopstriper to employ in conjunction therewith paint` erate, when the two striping wheel-holding jaws or other similar surface-coating and surface- I4 are in assembled position, to provide a passage striping material which is put up and sold 5in I 5-I5 which functions as an auxiliary reservoir collapsible tubes or containers. I or storage magazine for paint, lacquer, oil, or

Other and further objects of the present inother suitable surface-coating andsurface-stripvention will be apparent from the following Vdeing material which, in the use of the new paint scription and claims and are illustrated in the striping device, are delivered thereto by the main accompanying drawing which, by way of illustra.- storage reservoir or collapsible tube I2.

.tion, shows a preferred embodiment of the preS- It will be noted, by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, ent invention and the principles thereof and that there is formed in the combination coupling what are now considered to be the best mode conand clamping member` I3 a substantially frusto.- templated for applying these principles. Other conically shaped central passage or seat I5 and embodiments of the invention embodying the that when the two striping-wheel holding jaws same or equivalent principles may be used andV 3Q I4 are in assembled and complementary relationstructural changes may be made as desired by ship they form a generally frusto-conically those skilled in the -art without departing from shaped unit which lis'projected through and seat- .the present invention and the purview of the aped in the correspondingly shaped passage or seat pended claims. Y I 6 in the combination clamping and coupling In the drawings: member I3 (Fig. 2). When so arranged the two Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of a paint striper striping wheel-holding jaws I4 are held in assem- ,embodying the present invention and showing the bled relationship, as in Fig. 3, by the combination same in position of use during the paint-striping clamping and coupling member I3 which thus operation; V serves to clamp the two striping wheel-holding v Fig. 2 isa fragmentary view, partly in-section 40 jaws I4 together and in assembled -relationship. and partly in elevation, of the paint striper illu's- Each of the striping wheel-holding jaws I4 is trated in Fig. 1; Y p provided at its outer and smaller end with a sub- Fig. 3 is an exploded view, partly in section stantially circular-shaped face or vbearing surand partly in elevation. illustrating the parts of face I1 and providedl in each of the jaws I4, cen.- the new paint striper shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and 45 trally of the corresponding face or bearing sur- .showing a collapsible tube or container adapted face I7 therein. iS a bearing Opening I3 .which iS y to contain paint lor other surface-coating and adapted to receive a correspondingly shaped end surface-striping material and which is adapted portion of a small shaft or pintle IB on which a ,for attachment to the parts of the new paint striping wheel 20 is fixed. The striping wheel 20 striper; isprovided with a substantially fiat, and serrated Fig 4 is an elevational view of one lof the peripheral edge or surface 2| which is adapted striping wheel-holding jaws embodied in the new to engage the work 0r surface over which the paint "striper and illustrating the groove formed new paint striper is moved during the paint stripe thereim i .J ing operation. f 1 jr .Fig. 5. isa sectional view. on line 5-5 in Fig." 4'; The combination clampingand couplngmem' portion 2l which is adapted to engage a side edgaportion of the work or surface over which the new paint striper is being moved (Fig. 1')` so as .toguide the new paint striper during the Ypalma-stri.ping

operation.

The parts of the new paint-striping device thus far described are substantiallyxsimilar to,-

corresponding parts shown inv ythe .aforesaid United States Letters Patent No. 2,122,858.

` However, in the practice of .the present inven.

tion the upper end portion of the combination coupling and clamping member I3 is internally threaded, as at 29, for the reception of an adapter member 30 the bodyV of which is externally threaded, as at. 3l, to-enabler it to beV threaded l:into the internally threaded portion 2S of the combination clamping and coupling member I3.

Theadapted member 30 has an internally threaded passage 32 formed therein for the detachableueception of the externally threaded neck portion 33 of the collapsible container or tube I2, as shown in Fig. 2. y

The internally threaded passage 32 in the adapter member\30 opens into the interior 341 Lof the adapter member 30 which, in turn, communicates with.a central opening 36 which is formed in a cork or like washer 35 which' is arranged between the lower or inner .end portion :i:

ofthe adapter member 3U and the'.` upper: end .edge portions of the striping wheel-holding jaws YI 4, as shown in Fig. 2.

The use and operation .of thepaint striping device are as follows: The striping wheel-holding.

jawsl 4 and the striping Wheel 20'carried thereby may be assembled in and relative to the combination coupling and clamping member I3 and the guide member 25 may be mounted thereon in the manner shown in the drawing and as illus-i Atrated in the aforesaid Letters Patent No. 2,122,858. The'washer member 35 may then be .arranged in position of use, whereupon the adapter 30 may be threaded into and mounted within' the upper portion of the 'combination f coupling and clamping member I3, above 'the upper edge portions of the striping'wheel-holding jaws I4, the adapter member securing 'the wheelholding jaws in complementary position within the combination clamping and coupling member. In'the particular construction shown, the lower end portion of the adapter' member bears against the'jwasher 35. The collapsible tube or container 'I 2 may then be'detachably attached to the wheelbearing assembly or head II by screwingthe externally threaded reduced' neck rportion 33 thereof into the internally threaded central passage 32 in the adapter member 30 so that the parts will thus be assembled as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, ready for use.

In the use of the paint striping device the paint, lacquer, oil or other surface-coating and suriace-stripin'g material -will flow by gravity from thecollapsible tube or container I2, through theneck p'o'trions 33 thereof, through the interior or internal passagef32--34 ofthe adapter mem'- ber '30, through the central passage I5-I5 formed by the complementary grooves I5' in the striping wheel-holding jaws I4, and vout of the groovei .I 5'-.-.| 5 through the discharge. voutlet at 4 the lower end thereof (Fig. 2), onto the substantially nat and serrated peripheral edge 2I of the striping wheel 20 as the latter rotates upon its supporting shaft or pintle I9 over the surface of. the Work '28 so as to perform the striping operation. During the striping operation the new painting striping device may be guided over the work 28 by means of the guide member 25 which may be clamped in position of use by means of the set vscrew 31, so that the arm 23 and the substantially circular end portion 21 thereof engage the side edge portion of the work 28, as shown in Fig. 1.

As the paint or other suitable striping mateterial in the .collapsible tube or container I2 is used-up or consumed the body of the collapsible tubeor container I2 may be Wound or rolled upon itself and after the collapsible tube or container I2 lhasbeen emptied it may be readily removed from the striping wheel-bearing unit or head II by detaching the externally threaded reduced neck portion 33 thereof from the internally threaded passage 32 in the adapter member 30, whereupon another and filled collapsible tube or container I2 may be inserted in place thereof. Thus the new paint striping device makes it possible to utilize in conjunction therewith paint or other suitable surface-coating and surfacestriping material which is put up and sold in ,collapsible tubes or containers.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing descrippanying drawing, that the present invention protion, considered in conjunction with. the accompanying drawing, that the present invention provides a new and improved paint stripingdevice having the desirable advantages and characteristics, and accomplishing its intended objects, including those hereinbefore pointed out and othersv which are. inherent in the invention.

. What is claimed is:

1. A striper comprising, in combination, a collapsible tube container providing a storage reservoir for paint or analogous fluid surface-striping material and including a reduced neck portion having an outlet opening therein, a striping wheel-holding unit including a combination clamping and coupling member having a central opening extending therethrough and providing a seat, a pair of complementary striping wheelholdirig jaws arranged in the said opening in the said coupling member and bearing upon the said seat, each of said striping wheel-holding' jaws having a, groove formed therein in its inner surface and the said grooves cooperating with each other, when the said striping wheel-holding jaws are in assembled position in the said combination clamping and coupling member, *to provide a central passage having a discharge outlet'a't its lower end, and a striping wheel rotatably carried -by the said striping wheel-holding jaws and having its peripheral edge portion positioned to receive paint or analogous Huid surfacestriping material from the said discharge outlet at the lower end of the said passage and to con'- vey such paint or analogous striping material onto the work, and an adapter member detachably mounted in the said combination clamping and coupling member for detachably attaching the reduced neck portion of the said collapsible tube container to the said combination clampiing and coupling member of the said striping wheel-holding unit, and the said adapter mem'- ber having' a'centrally arranged passage formed therein for conducting paint or analogousfiuid surface-striping material `from vthe outlet Quening in the reduced neck portion of the said collapsible tube container through the said central passage in the said striping wheel-holding jaws and through the said discharge outlet at the lower end thereof onto the peripheral edge of the said striping Wheel, and the adapter member having contact means at its lower end for securing said wheel-holding jaws in complementary position within the combination clamping and coupling member.

2. A striper as dened in claim 1 in which the said combination clamping and coupling member has an internally threaded upper end portion and in which the said adapter member has an externally threaded surface which is detachably threaded into the said internally threaded upper end portion of the said combination clamping and coupling member.

3. A striper as dened in claim 1 in which the said combination clamping and coupling member has an internally threaded upper end portion and in which the said adapter member has an externally threaded surface which is detachably threaded into the said internally threaded upper end portion of the said combination clamping and coupling member, in which the said reduced neck portion of the said collapsible tube container is externally threaded, and in which the said adapter member has a centrally arranged internally threaded passage formed in the upper end portion thereof adapted for the detachable reception of the said externally threaded reduced neck portion of the said collapsible tube container.

4. A striper comprising a striping wheel-holding unit including a combination clamping and coupling member having a central opening extending therethrough providing a seat, a pair of complementary striping wheel-holding jaws arranged in the said opening in the said combination clamping and coupling member and bearing upon the said seat, each oi said striping wheel-holding jaws having a groove formed therein in its inner surface and the said grooves cooperating with each other, when the said striping wheel-holding jaws are in assembled position in the said combination clamping and coupling member, to provide a central passage having a discharge outlet at its lower end, and a striping wheel rotatably carried by the said striping wheel-holding jaws and having its peripheral edge portion positioned to receive paint or analogous uid surface-striping material from the said discharge outlet at the lower end of the said passage and to convey such paint or analogous striping material onto the work, and an adapter member detachably mounted in the said combination clamping and coupling member for detachably attaching the reduced neck portion of a collapsible tube container to the said combination clamping and coupling member of the said striping wheel-holding unit, and the said adapter member having a centrally arranged passage formed therein for conducting paint or analogous iluid surface-striping material from the outlet opening in the reduced neck portion of the said collapsible tube container through the said central passage in the said striping wheelholding jaws and through the said discharge outlet at the lower end thereof onto the peripheral edge of the said striping wheel, and the adapter member having contact means at its lower end for securing said wheel-holding jaws in complementary position within the combination clamping and coupling member.

5. A paint striper as dened in claim 4 in which the said combination clamping and coupling member has an internally threaded upper end portion and in which the said' adapter member has an externally threaded surface which is detachably threaded into the said internally threaded upper end portion of the said combination clamping and coupling member.

6. A paint striper as defined in claim 4 in which the said combination clamping and coupling member has an internally threaded upper end portion and in which the said adapter member has an externally threaded surface which is detachably threaded into the said internally threaded upper end portion of the said combination clamping and coupling member, in which the said reduced neck portion of the said collapsible tube container is externally threaded, and in which the said adapter member has a centrally arranged internally threaded passage formed in the upper end portion thereof adapted for the detachable reception of the said externally threaded reduced neck portion of the said co1- lapsible tube container.

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO, Administrator of zhe Estate of Leslie W.

Coombs, Deceased.

By HOWARD J. JOHNSON,

Assistant Trust Oicer.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,773,820 Lysons Aug. 26, 1930 1,891,527 Eklov Dec. 20, 1932 2,007,787 Alexander July 9,- 1935 2,122,858 Coombs July 5, 1938 2,229,707 Testi Jan. 28, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 834,707 France Aug. 29, 1937 

